Pacific Island Regional Workshop on Transnational Crime - 4 June 2007
Media Release
The Attorney-General’s Department and the Australian Federal Police will host a workshop this week which will focus on developing the intelligence and investigative capacity of law enforcement agencies in the Pacific region.
The Pacific Regional Workshop will bring together agencies from 14 Pacific island nations to take part in a scenario aimed at combating money laundering in the region.
Representatives from the Pacific Island Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) and Transnational Crime Units (TCUs) will work together to exchange information and cooperate on a hypothetical money laundering investigation. Participants will also be provided with training in:
- supervising compliance
- financial transaction report analysis
- funds tracing and investigation
- border currency reporting, and
- concealed income analysis.
The workshop is an example of Australia’s whole-of-government approach to transnational crime in the Pacific region. A number of Australian Government agencies are taking part, including AUSTRAC, the Australian Customs Service, Australian Federal Police and the Attorney-General’s Department.
The workshop is being held in Sydney from 4 – 8 June 2007.
Media Contact:
Attorney-General’s Department Public Affairs 02 6250 5889
Australian Federal Police National Media Team 02 6275 7100